Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/23/2023
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
Summit UU Fellowship
Categories
Ari Honarvar was a child in Iran when the newly minted Islamic Republic began its war on joy.The Morality Police cracked down on women’s rights, and music and dancing became illegal. The most radical act of resistance in the face of adversity is to live joyfully. Ari will reflect on how harnessing the power of joy increases, not only our ability to withstand challenges, but to also host states of being we deem as difficult or unpleasant. Experiencing joy in community helps us revitalize and nourish our relationship with ourselves and others, face our own internalized morality police, and turn the tide of systemic extremism.
Ari Honarvar is an award-winning author of the novel A Girl Called Rumi and founder of Rumi with a View, dedicated to building music and poetry bridges across war-torn and conflict-ridden borders. She conducts Resilience through Joy workshops on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and in Europe.